BIOBIOT-Biologi, bioteknologi, Mat. Nat.
Testing the cost-of-virulence hypothesis: Does a horizontally transmitted parasite have an optimal virulence?
Parasitism is a constant threat to human health, food production and wildlife conservation. Some species, or strains, produce highly lethal diseases while others are benign. Trying to understand the reasons for this variation in virulence is one of the ma jor challenges in epidemiology. In this p...